Must be quite a shock to see this vulgar return of overt white racism

[misanthrope]

103. Yep, little bars where you had to ring and then be buzzed in

One of them, Callaghan's Irish Social Club, was established in 1947. It changed hands in 2002 and the new owners dispensed of the racial barrier but the longtime patrons initially didn't like it. "If the Blacks start coming in, they'll take over," I heard a neighbor of the bar say one afternoon in 2002.

Another 2002 afternoon, I heard a regular customer stand up while watching the news on TV and shout, "Damn! That Condi Rice is so fine she'd even make ME a n!@@#r f#cker!" None of the other patrons around him, including those with children even gave him a second look.

Callaghan's is now renowned for its live music and juicy hamburgers.

Two of the other race-restricted establishments were near an area prep school with the strongest historic connection to Mobile's ruling class. One was Pat & D.D.'s Old Shell Inn. It closed in the mid 2000s.

Another was the White Way Social Club just down the street. The name says it all. It closed in the 1990s, I believe.